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Our friends from Brooklyn creative studio Wintercheck Factory recently hit Atlanta’s Yall & Us fair—a design exhibit put on by multi-disciplinary firm People of Resources as part of Modern Atlanta‘s design week. Combining southern hospitality with a fresh perspective on design fairs, Yall & Us’ novel concept helps make Atlanta a contender among emerging creative hotbeds.

Check out a few of the exciting new finds from around the world below, which all sell via text message from the Yall & Us portal market.

On Kawara Stamp Kit

Created specifically for Yall & Us, the On Kawara Stamp Kit from Tokyo-based design studio Et Al., Etc. is a transportable letterpress set inspired by the artist whose main body of work consists of paintings depicting nothing more than a date. The kit includes a black stamp pad and a full range of upper and lower case letters organized into seven small cases “for those simple facts and fictions that must be collected and sent off to another” while on the go.

Prairie Chair and Rockwell Table

Portland-based furniture and interiors studio Von Tundra showed their Prairie Chair and new Rockwell Table, handcrafted from refurbished pallet wood and inspired by “reductive modernism and the farmer-made furniture of the American Midwest.

Pocket Nondisclosure Agreement Notepad

The Yall & Us host People of Resource presented a clever little Nondisclosure Agreement Notepad for all those times when “your random coffee conversation takes a turn for the confidential.”

The Lawn Chair Set

Adding a touch of glamor to a backyard staple, Refined Sugar Studio introduced The Lawn Chair Set—vintage chairs covered in 23-karat gold leaf with brass hardware, and a padlock to keep your gilded lowbrow furniture from falling into the wrong hands.

Paul Desk

Taking one of their early designs to a new level, Wintercheck Factory showed off their updated Paul Desk—now a fully customizable workstation made by a woman-led workshop based in Pomona, CA.

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Reader Victoria submitted the following to Ask Unclutterer:

My husband and I our expecting our first child in July. Being the responsible adults we are (ha?), we took the child-birth and breastfeeding classes to prepare. Now I’m overwhelmed by all the handouts on everything from heartburn to pre-term labor to when to start feeding solids, etc. I’m at a lost at what to do with it all. Should I keep some of the handouts for future reference, or recycle them and look toward other resources for answers when needed? Help!

A giant congratulations to you on your expectant little one! The first thing to do is remember that thousands of years of women have given birth and raised children successfully without any of those pamphlets. So, if anything happens to them, you’ll be fine. I’m not saying you should get rid of them, but if you do, you’ll easily be able to ask your doctor, friends, and family for advice, as well as consult numerous books on these same topics once your child is born.

That being said, a nice resource guide is never a bad thing to keep around, especially if it provides advice you trust. I recommend getting a three-ring binder and filling it with sheet protectors. Sort through all the pamphlets and handouts you’ve received, and put those that you think are worthwhile into the sheet protectors. You might also want to store important numbers, track your child’s measurements, and keep any valuable papers related to your child in the same notebook. A three-ring binder is perfect to take with you to all those doctor’s visits you’ll make the first year and easy to use when you need the resources at 2:00 in the morning when your child is crying for no apparent reason.

I think you’ll be surprised, though, at how rarely you consult those resources. I really only looked at the chart I had about when to introduce certain foods and how to identify possible allergic reactions. The notebook was more of a security blanket for me. I’m glad I had it, but now that my son is about to turn one, I’ve already recycled the vast majority of papers in it.

If you’re worried that you’ll need something after you’ve recycled it, simply scan it and just keep the information digitally before dropping the handout into the recycling bin. Also, the notebooks are great to keep even after your child reaches his or her first birthday. They’re perfect for keeping track of your child’s sports schedules, preschool phone tree, and all those random papers your child will acquire. If you have another child, get a new three-ring binder for him or her, too.

Thank you, Victoria, for submitting your question for our Ask Unclutterer column. And, again, congratulations on becoming a parent! Be sure to check out the comments for more ideas from parents about how to organize your child-related documents.

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